1) Asceticism 2) Disenchantment 3) Irony
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1) Belief 2) Belief in disbelief 3) Distrust 4) Distrusting disposition 5) Doubt 6) Gloom 7) Glumness 8) Jaded attitude 9) Negativity 10) Pessimism 11) Pessimistic disposition 12) Social theory
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[contemporary] Cynicism is an attitude or state of mind characterized by a general distrust of others` motives believing that humans are selfish by nature, ruled by emotion, and heavily influenced by the same primitive, barbaric instincts that helped humans survive in the wild before agriculture and civilization became established. A cynic ...
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[philosophy] Cynicism (κυνισμός) is a school of ancient Greek philosophy as practiced by the Cynics (Κυνικοί, Cynici). For the Cynics, the purpose of life was to live in virtue, in agreement with nature. As reasoning creatures, people could gain happiness by rigorous training and by living in a way which was natural for human...
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An attitude of scornful or jaded negativity, especially a general distrust of the integrity or professed motives of others.
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• (n.) The doctrine of the Cynics; the quality of being cynical; the mental state, opinions, or conduct, of a cynic; morose and contemptuous views and opinions.
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Cyn'i·cism (sĭn'ĭ*sĭz'm)
noun The doctrine of the Cynics; the quality of being cynical; the mental state, opinions, or conduct, of a cynic; morose and contemptuous views and opinions.
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1. a Greek school of philosophy originally based on the doctrine that nothing can be known. In the Roman era cynicism became an ethical doctrine emphasizing the need to live an austere, abstemious life. 2. more recently, the view that people act in ways to further their own ends and self-centered ambitions.
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was originally the philosophy of a group of ancient Greeks called the Cynics (main article), founded by Antisthenes. Nowadays the word generally describes the opinions of those inclined to disbelieve in human sincerity, in virtue, or in altruism: individuals who maintain that only self-interest motivates human behavior. A modern cynic typically has...
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n] - a cynical feeling of distrust
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cynicism 1. An attitude of scornful or jaded negativity, especially a general distrust of the integrity or professed motives of others: the public cynicism aroused by governmental scandals. 2. A scornfully or jadedly negative comment or act. 3. Cynicism: The beliefs of the ancient Cynics. Quo...
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noun a cynical feeling of distrust
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cynical disposition, character, or belief. · a cynical remark. · (cap.) any of the doctrines or practices of the Cynics.
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a pessimistic feeling of distrust
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